期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 23, 期 21, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113487
关键词
long pentraxin PTX3; inflammation; oxidative stress; endothelial cells; endothelial dysfunction; proteome
资金
- Dept of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine (BIOMETRA), Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy [G49C20001270001]
- Italian Ministry of Health, Roma, Italy
The human long pentraxin PTX3 has complex regulatory roles in innate immunity, inflammation, and tissue repair. This study compared the proteomic profiles of human endothelial cells (ECs) and found that PTX3 regulates angiogenesis, oxidative stress, and inflammation. Knockdown of PTX3 resulted in an increase in pro-inflammatory markers and a shift to a more oxidative state in ECs. These findings support the idea of a protective function for PTX3 in endothelial homeostasis and cardiovascular biology.
The human long pentraxin PTX3 has complex regulatory roles at the crossroad of innate immunity, inflammation, and tissue repair. PTX3 can be produced by various cell types, including vascular endothelial cells (ECs), in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines or bacterial molecules. PTX3 has also been involved in the regulation of cardiovascular biology, even if ambiguous results have been so far provided in both preclinical and clinical research. In this study, we compared the proteomic profiles of human ECs (human umbilical vein ECs, HUVECs), focusing on differentially expressed proteins between the control and PTX3-silenced ECs. We identified 19 proteins that were more abundant in the proteome of control ECs and 23 proteins that were more expressed in PTX3-silenced cells. Among the latter, proteins with multifunctional roles in angiogenesis, oxidative stress, and inflammation were found, and were further validated by assessing their mRNAs with RT-qPCR. Nevertheless, the knock down of PTX3 did not affect in vitro angiogenesis. On the contrary, the lack of the protein induced an increase in pro-inflammatory markers and a shift to the more oxidative profile of PTX3-deficient ECs. Altogether, our results support the idea of a protective function for PTX3 in the control of endothelial homeostasis, and more generally, in cardiovascular biology.
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